Oregon women sought for study on the potential connection between blood cancers and heart disease
October 29, 2016
As we age, as many as 10 to 30 percent of us spontaneously carry mutations in our blood cells that put us at risk for blood cancers and heart disease. Researchers at OHSU are leading a unique study for women aged 65 and older called WEAR, or Women.
Hormone replacement therapy improves cognition in older female monkeys
October 05, 2016
In a new study published online today in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers found that chronic administration of estradiol boosts cognitive performance in aged female rhesus monkeys.
Study in Nature Reveals New Molecular Insight
September 14, 2016
New research reveals for the first time the atomic structures of a key molecular receptor in the brain, which opens the door for developing medications that could block activation of these receptors to address a variety of conditions, ranging from pain to high blood pressure to early formation of blood clots.
Adventist Health signs letter of intent to join OHSU Partners
August 09, 2016
Adventist Health, OHSU and OHSU Partners have signed a nonbinding letter of intent (LOI) to pursue an affiliation.
OHSU Partners welcomes chief financial officer
July 06, 2016
OHSU Partners has named Scott Johnson as the organization’s new chief financial officer. Johnson is a versatile senior leader and finance professional with significant experience in the health care industry, including health care reform. He will begin ...
Researchers visualize brain’s serotonin pump, provide blueprint for design of new, more effective SSRIs
April 06, 2016
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's Vollum Institute have uncovered remarkably detailed 3-D views of one of the most important transporters in the brain - the serotonin transporter. Their study, published online today in the journal ...
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research join Collaborative Cancer Cloud
March 31, 2016
Two leading cancer centers join effort to securely share genomic, imaging and clinical data to better understand the root causes of cancer and accelerate potentially lifesaving discoveries.
Researchers elucidate network of genes that control when puberty begins
December 15, 2015
In expanding our knowledge of how the brain controls the process of sexual development, researchers at Oregon Healthy & Science University and the University of Pittsburgh have identified for the first time members of an elaborate superfamily of genes that regulate the timing of puberty in highly evolved nonhuman primates. The Zinc finger, or ZNF, gene family comprises approximately 800 individual genes.
Oregon Health & Science University and Salem Health affiliation officially launches
November 10, 2015
Oregon Health & Science University and Salem Health have finalized an agreement to manage their respective clinical services as an integrated health system. The agreement creates OHSU Partners, a joint management company that will officially become operational on Monday, Nov. 16.
